St. Petersburg respecting the approaching visit
His Imperial Highness the Garevitch to India and the East.
On leaving India for Batavia, His Imperial Highness proposes to stop for three days at Ceylon, arriving at Colombo on the 13th February, and leaving on the 16th idem.
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The visit to India has no official character but will be undertaken by the Garevitch, according to the information given to Sir R. Monier by the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, in his own name, as eldest son, travelling as such through the dominions of an allied and friendly sovereign.